From the start, readers (presumably American)
are shifted into seeing what life is like in Iraq rather than focusing on [our]
American lives "on the other side."
Something I've personally noticed is that, as an American citizen who has mainly been exposed to biased news reports or American "propaganda" (e.g. the Pledge of Allegiance every morning), which is all that America is built off of, --when it gets to the subject of war against another country, it is always assumed that we're [Americans] the good ones, and the other country must simply be bad. It's basically straight out the womb and tucked into an American flag. We have been blinded by our own unintentional, but enforced patriotism.
Riverbend is able to give us an outsiders view; a view that cannot be supplied unbiasedly in the patriotic United States of America.
Riverbend writes, " 'A new day for Iraqis' is the current theme of the Iraqi puppet government and the Americans. Like it was "A New Day for Iraqis" on April 9, 2003 . And it was "A New Day for Iraqis" when they killed Oday and Qusay. Another "New Day for Iraqis" when they caught Saddam. More "New Day" when they drafted the constitution… I'm beginning to think it's like one of those questions they give you on IQ tests: If 'New' is equal to 'More' and 'Day' is equal to 'Suffering', what does "New Day for Iraqis" mean?" I found this very heartbreaking because it shows that the society in which Riverbends lives in is one where happiness is dependent on death. There is so much apparent evil and you can see how it affects the way in which Riverbend views the world. All this evil is so often that she is able to write in such a factual and informational way; one not driven by raging emotions of anger or sadness or excuses or anything. She simply writes to inform, not argue. Because of this, her blogs are extremely affective towards Americans and their view of the Iraq war (and other wars).
Something I've personally noticed is that, as an American citizen who has mainly been exposed to biased news reports or American "propaganda" (e.g. the Pledge of Allegiance every morning), which is all that America is built off of, --when it gets to the subject of war against another country, it is always assumed that we're [Americans] the good ones, and the other country must simply be bad. It's basically straight out the womb and tucked into an American flag. We have been blinded by our own unintentional, but enforced patriotism.
Riverbend is able to give us an outsiders view; a view that cannot be supplied unbiasedly in the patriotic United States of America.
Riverbend writes, " 'A new day for Iraqis' is the current theme of the Iraqi puppet government and the Americans. Like it was "A New Day for Iraqis" on April 9, 2003 . And it was "A New Day for Iraqis" when they killed Oday and Qusay. Another "New Day for Iraqis" when they caught Saddam. More "New Day" when they drafted the constitution… I'm beginning to think it's like one of those questions they give you on IQ tests: If 'New' is equal to 'More' and 'Day' is equal to 'Suffering', what does "New Day for Iraqis" mean?" I found this very heartbreaking because it shows that the society in which Riverbends lives in is one where happiness is dependent on death. There is so much apparent evil and you can see how it affects the way in which Riverbend views the world. All this evil is so often that she is able to write in such a factual and informational way; one not driven by raging emotions of anger or sadness or excuses or anything. She simply writes to inform, not argue. Because of this, her blogs are extremely affective towards Americans and their view of the Iraq war (and other wars).
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